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January 26, 2006
Wondercon 2006
Anyone going to WonderCon this year? Friday-Sunday Feb 10 - Feb 12. I'm not sure which day I want to go yet. Let me know if anyone is interested.
Posted by gene_wood at 10:19 AM | Comments (3)
January 24, 2006
Enjoy some fantastic Russian Parkour
I happened upon this fantastic example of Russian parkour. This rivals most of the videos I've seen of french kids. I wish I spoke russian and could understand the plot at the end.
Posted by gene_wood at 08:37 AM | Comments (8)
January 23, 2006
Friendster Testimonials
So I always see those testimonials that people write for other people on friendster. They're always so flattering and cool and I've sometimes wished that I got some. Well, I just found out today that I've been receiving testimonials from all of my wonderful friends since 2003 when I got a friendster account, I just didn't know how to view them. So umm, ya I'm dumb. And flattered. Flattered dumb.
Posted by gene_wood at 05:00 PM | Comments (4)
January 21, 2006
Waldon, CA
So you grew up in the far east (Concord,Martinez,Pleasant Hill,Walnut Creek) and you think you know everything there is to know about it. How to get beer at World Gas, the rope swing on the hill on Morello, the fact that it's faster to get from Gregory to Morello and Center by taking Elderwood by Kim's house. I bet you didn't know this. So ya know Pleasant Hill BART, and those new houses next to the Iron Horse Trail, and all those houses along Oak Rd. that parallels 680, where Melissa Martinez used to live. Those have got to be in Walnut Creek right. Or maybe Pleasant Hill. Not sure where they draw the line are ya. Well guess what, they're in neither. They're in Waldon, CA. Where is Waldon you may ask. Or even what is Waldon. It's a CDP, or a Census Designated Place. Looks like Waldon is a no mans land between Pleasant Hill and Walnut Creek that's unincorporated for some reason. I'm awfully curious about the name. In Waldon, CA is Walden Park, on Oak Rd. but the spellings don't match. Anyhow, now you know one more piece of esoterica about the far east.
Posted by gene_wood at 09:39 PM | Comments (7)
January 17, 2006
Best Music of 2005
I finished compiling my best of 2005 for my show tomorrow morning on KALX. Tune in and check it out. I imagine I won't be able to play everything, but feel free to follow along at home.
| Artist | Album | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| !!! | Take Ecstacy With Me/Get Up | EP |
| All India Radio | Permanent Evolutions | |
| Allien, Ellen | Thrills | |
| Alva Noto / Ryuichi Sakamoto | Insen | |
| Amendola, Scott (Band) | Believe | |
| Amon Tobin | Chaos Theory : Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack | |
| And you will know us by the trail of dead | Worlds Apart | |
| Arc and Sender | Arc and Sender | |
| Below the Sea | Blame it on the Past | |
| Books, The | Lost and Safe | |
| Captured! By Robots | The Ten Commandments | |
| Cars Are The Stars, The | Fragments | |
| Cat-A-Tac | Cat-A-Tac | EP |
| Corvus Corax | Best Of Corvus Corax | C |
| Criteria | When We Break | |
| Death Cab For Cutie | Plans | |
| Delia Gonzales and Gavin Russom | Days of Mars | |
| Dredg | Catch Without Arms | |
| Electrelane | Axes [live] | |
| Electric Light Orchestra | All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra | C |
| Emiliana Torrini | Fisherman's Woman | |
| Esthero | Wikked Lil' Grrrls | |
| Fields, Jordan | Presents 2084 | |
| Fischerspooner | Odyssey | |
| Flatt & Scruggs | Foggy Mountain Gospel | C |
| Fourtet | Everything Ecstatic | |
| Frames, The | Burn the Maps | |
| Gonzalez, Jose | Veneer | |
| Guerrero, Tommy | Year of the Monkey | |
| Haden, Petra | Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out | |
| Happy Apple | The Peace Between Our Companies | |
| Harvey Danger | Little By Little | |
| Honeyhander | Wooly Mannerisms | |
| Husky Rescue | Country Falls | |
| Ida | Heart Like A River | |
| Imogen Heap | Speak For Yourself | |
| Iron and Wine | In the Reins | |
| Iron and Wine | Woman King | EP |
| Khalife, Rami | Scene from Hellek | |
| Kieth Jarrett | Radiance [live] | |
| Lemon Drop Kid | Style | |
| Lucky Leo | S.O.L. | |
| Made in Mexico | Zodiac Zoo | |
| Mae | The Everglow | |
| Maximo Park | A Certain Trigger | |
| Maximo Park | Apply Some Pressure | EP |
| Mia Doi Todd | Manzanita | |
| Mice Parade | Bem-Vinda Vontade | |
| Minus the Bear | Menos El Oso | |
| Mobius Band | City Vs. Country | EP |
| Mobius Band | The Loving Sounds Of Static | |
| Murphy, Chris | Salton Songs : Electric Violin Music | |
| Nedelle | From the Lion's Mouth | |
| Nino Astronauta | San Fernando Rd. | EP |
| Niyaz | Niyaz | |
| O'Riley, Christopher | Hold me to This | |
| Pelican | The Fire in our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw | |
| Placebo | Once More With Feeling 1996-2004 | |
| Rogue Wave | Ten To 1 (10 : 1) | EP |
| Rosebuds | Birds Make Good Neighboors | |
| Sames, The | You are the Sames | |
| Saxon Shore | The Exquisite Death Of Saxon Shore | |
| Secret Machines | The Road Leads Where It's Led | EP |
| Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra | Moods and Grooves | |
| Sigur Ros | Takk… | |
| Silver Screen | The Greatest Story Never Told | |
| Silversun Pickups | Pikul | |
| Smith, Sean | Sean Smith | |
| Soundtrack of Our Lives, The | Origin, Vol. 1 | |
| Spoon | Gimme Fiction | |
| Stationary Odyssey | More or Less is More | |
| Statistics | Often Lie | |
| Stellastarr | Harmonies For The Haunted | |
| Subtractive Lad | Giving Up The Ghost | |
| Sun Kil Moon | Tiny Cities | |
| Thievery Corporation | The Cosmic Game | |
| Ticonderoga | Ticonderoga | |
| Timony, Mary | Ex Hex | |
| V/A | Army of Me : Remixes and Covers | C |
| V/A | spinART Records : The Audible Spectrum | C |
| V/A | Verve Remixed, Vol. 3 | C |
| Vannier, Jean-Claude | L' Enfant Assasin des Mouches | |
| Wax Tailor | Tales of the Forgotten Melodies | |
| Wilderness | Wilderness | |
| Xiu Xiu | La Foret | |
| ZZZZ | Palm Reader |
Posted by gene_wood at 08:57 PM | Comments (6)
January 09, 2006
Site down yesterday
Yesterday the site was down from early in the morning until THIS morning at 8:12am. You can always find out the status of the site by going to http://status.cementhorizon.com. This will work even when the site is down.
Posted by gene_wood at 10:12 AM | Comments (1)
January 04, 2006
muni
I was taking the F streetcar into downtown on my way to work day before yesterday. It was the first day back from vacation. It was rainy and dark. Everyone on the train looked like they were half asleep. Most were wearing business attire, heading to work. A couple got on the streetcar. They were wearing snake/reptile skin outfits. Both of them. Head to toe. Pants, Jacket, the works. The outfits matched exactly.
Posted by gene_wood at 11:16 AM | Comments (4)